He was a farmer and a member of St. Michael Catholic Church, Fort Loramie, and frequently attended Latin Mass at St. Gertrude The Great Catholic Church in Cincinnati. He was a member of the Fort Loramie American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Sidney. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the Pacific Theater, Iwo Jima, Guam and Spain during World War II.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Monday at the church, the Rev. Steven Shoup officiating. Burial is at the church cemetery.